Continuous fabric-measuring machine



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n. TURNER CONTINUOUS FABRIC MEASURING MACHINE s sheets-sheet 1 Filed July 22, 1919 1146532I D. TURNER CONTINUOUS FABRIC MEASURING MACHINE Filed July- 22, 1919 s sheets-snee# 2 Aug. 21, 1923.

Aug. 21, 1923. msnm D. TURNER CONTINUOUS FABRIC MEASURING MACHINE *Filed July 22, 1919 5 sheets-sheet :s

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:DOUGLAS TURNER., OF ST'. LGUIS', MISSQURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE MEASURES-BAPE COMPANY, LQUIS,.MESSORI, A- CEPORATION GFVDELAWARE.

CONTINUOUS .Fannie-Mensuelle@ MACHINE.

. Application met iuiy 22,1919. serial No. 312,634.

To all whom-Piney concern.

Be itlrnown that I, DoUGLAs TURNER; a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in YContinuous Fabric-Measuring Machines, of Which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for measuring thellength of material. lt is embodied in the present case in a machine for measuring andindicatiiig the computed price of cloth, ribbon, or other textile iabrics,;although not limited to Such use.

character comprising a pair of rollers between which the fabric is drawn Aby theoperator, one'oit the rollers being connected to a cylindrical length indicating a chart and a system of planetary price indicatingr rollers llheV having price computations thereon. u price indicating rollers move past a sight indications and stop the cloth after the proper yardage has been drawn between the rollers. The chiel' characteristic .of'saidmachine is that it may be operated continuously in the saine direction and may be instantaneously reset to zero position.

The present inventionis a somewhat dif` ferent embodiment of the broad linvei'ition disclosed in` said other application and has for its object to provide means whereby the operator may more readily follow'the movement of the length indicator. yFor tliispur-4 ,pose a continuously visible dial and hand indication is provided instead ofalcyliiidrical indicating chart, rotating beneath a nar'- row sight opening.` The advantage of thisI arrangement is that, in measuring goods, the eye can more readily follow'a'revolving hand where the Whole scale is displayed tothe In. a cra-pending applicaticmserial Numberl also filed VJuly 22nd, 1919, have described and claimed a machine of this casin.

view of the operator than where the figures operator pulls the goods through the inachine at such a rapid rate that it is diliicult toread the length indicatingscale, and as a result the operator isobligedfto slow down at intervals inl order to note the yardage. In4 the present case where a flat circular dial and a revolving pointer Aare employed, such slowing down is not necessary.

In the dra-wings,y Figureyl Vis a top plan View et the machine, and

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section along the line Q-Z of Figure l.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. V Y I Fig. 4.5 is a section on the line 4"-4 of Fig. 2.

The present inachineis similar to the inachine in said other application in so far as, the measuring rolls, planetary price indicating rolls, and resetting mechanism is concerned, differing` therefrom primarily in the provision eta dial" and revolving hand suit ablyconnected to the mechanism to indicate the yard length through an openingl in the separate from the price indicating opening. `For this reason much of the mechanism may be described ratherbrieily.

The measuring` roll l ismounted on the shaft 5i, motionthere'from being' transmitted by means of pinion 17 and `rear 25S Fig. 2'

tol a? cage consisting ot spiders 26, 27 mounted on and turning 'with a shaft Q8. Said'` cage Acomprises also price indicating cylinders' 31, each of which is provided with a planetary gear 37 at one end meshing with aV normally stationary sun gear 38 shown in section in Fig. 2.

When the power or measuring roll'l is rotated, the planetary gears are caused to roll about the sun gear, thereby causing the price indicating` cylinders to travel in" 'a circular pathV andlalso to rotate about Vtheir individual axes, thereby bringing the price coinvso putations within the range of vision ot the operator, as shown in Figure 1.

The periphery ot the measuring` roll 1 is preferablyl one-eighth oi a yard, and the ratio of the gears 17 and 25 is 1 to S, where- Y by the measuring roll rotates eight times in measuring one yard ot cloth, and the cagewith its price indicatingj cylinders and other adjuncts makes oneV revolution per yard', AThe ratio oit the diameter ol the planet gears BTto the sun gear 38 is such that as the indicating"cylinders complete one.V

revolution, each cylinder has in addition.A advanced one-tenth of a revolution beyond its This vbrino's successiyely,

initial position.

into View the different colnmns'oi2 calculated values representing thecost of: the goods, at

dili'erent pricesper yard. For example, in Figure 1, computations will be seenV for V33g yards vat the following values per yard:

$24,515.25, se?, eea-see, eine. This Seme cylinder hasA alsoV arranged circumferentially thereon, all of the calculated values for 1l, 1%, 231, it-1,5%, etc., yards, up to and. including` 9g yards, there being ten rows of figures thereon. The next cylinder adjacent thereto has on it the computed products 'tor l, 11:, 21, ete., yards, and those of the next cylinder, ,5g-1% 23g, etc., yards. The eighth and-last cylinder indicates values ttor t, 1%. etc., yards. f i j VThe upper or pressure roll. 4-0 is moved into and out ot engagement withl the lower l roll 1 by pressing the starting' button 49 to lower said roller and. by pressing the cloth notching button 59 to raise said roller. the mechanism for eii'ectingj this niovement beine; not shown herein. The niorement ot said upper roller serves also to .cnejagre and disengage clutch members 158, 20,(.wlwreby the power .roll 1 is directly gearedV to. the

.rotatable Vcage whenV said upper roll is pressed against the lower roll', but is disengaged therefrom; when said v,rolls are Y separated. Y

Y' The length indicating' scale or yardage indicator is 'drivenv directly from the aear 254 mounted. on the shaft 28, which makes one. Vrevolution per yard, `as previously stated.

A .gear 100 is secured -to said gear 25 and `drives .crear 101 mounted on suitable shaft'` 102, Lthe latter beingmounted at one end in `the'vertical plate 15, and at the other end ina bracket 1041. Said shaft has a beveled gear 105 mounted thereon, which meshes.

.with beveled gear 106, the latter being` mounted on collar 10T and stud 108, on the` .upper'endof which stud is mounted the rollers.

rotatable hand 109. Said handerotates over.

the dial 110 in a clockwise directiony when the Y' operator draws the `goods between the `A,111, the latter-being supported by brackets 112 and 113, which are suitably Vsecured to' the easing of the machine.

.adapted `gear and the handrmay rotateY indefinitely Voyer, the'V tace of 'the ,dial .and hence the Vcapacity of the machine for practical pur- Said dial is mounted in a dial cup/V iaeaeeiV The dial indicates lthe usual fractions or" a yard, a complete rotation ot' the hand or pointer serving" *to-indicate a measurement ot one yard. Said hand therefore completes one revoluti cage, completes one revolution.

bring` allithe price indicating *chants suc- Vcessively inte View, the iiiunber ot yards'be-V ing` indicated at the .toot o1t`feach price indi-V 'cating c'oliumi;VY asfindicated in llignreh'in which theiiguresa l" appear, thereby relieving' the operator ot 'the necessity et counting the number ot revolutions ot the .pointer over the-dial.V 1

on in the saine tiineythat the However, tenrevolutions oitl said cage are required to 'As star as the price indications arec'en'- Y cerned, themachino `has acapacity .of ten yards, VCorrespondin ;with the decimal syste`m However, 'the' planetary gears are torotate indeinitelv aboutrthe 'sun poses is unlimited.v Theindicating rnecha` nisinV is devoid of anyistops to limitthe movement, Vand hence infusingV the i machine-y.

beyond .its nominal capacity ot ten yards, the cycle 'of operations automatically repeat-s and it is 'necessary merely` tiatfthe operator remember thetotal number of cycles performed. By thejuse ott the deci-V mal system, eoiuputation`s'- are.,` facilitated .when measuring lengths' oli' m aterial longer the machine.

than providedby the .nominal capacity et When the .measiir .nent has been`V con Y.

the machine, the parts may be `pleted and the clotn slit` andfremoyed 'from restored to Ynormal position by simply depressinga but Vton 91 at tlieouterl end of a. pivoted lever 83 (Fig. 3),-said. operation serving first to rotate the cage less thanvhal't a revolution to Zero position byf'means oitV two hearts shaped cams 82. VOne cam is engaged by proyection 84e on'the leverV S3.' A. second lever 85. Vis arranged adjacent saidfirst lever, and has a similar point 8G. Both ofsaid y Vlevers are piroted on VtheV stud S7. 'lh'eleyerY carries alpin 8S which .projects through the'slot S9 in theleyer @3,V saidfleyerV being; impelled downwardly .by -a .spring 90, said ,moi/'ement being; limited, however, bythe length of said slot. :Two-points'andftwo cams are proiided, slightly offsetY with reterence tofea'ch other, to insure; Vrifioveinent` one wayoV` the other and ayoidaccidental A locking' on va dead 1center.w The lever S3 visV `normally held in inoperinost positionne shown by lineaiis of a' spring 92, secured to ing the-.same and the sun gear 38` against rotation, lillhen the operator depressesj the lever 83', saidzteethfre Withdrawn, saidgear is unlockedand isV tree to rotate. iter the restoration of-saidca e anddurinC-theu i Y i D Ward movement ofV said lever'83,l the sun A- gear` 3S isrotatedby connections from said municating movement to said sun gearV by.- a spring pa-Wl 79, thereby rotating all ofV lever, including a pivotedv toothed sector 76 which meshes with a gear 77, the latter turning with a ratchet 78 (Fig. 4) and comi nism are not specifically described herein as they form no part of the present inven-V tion, being claimed in said co-pending application.V In restoring said parts, however, it will be seen that .the hand 109 is positively geared to the shaft 28 and will therefore be restored to zero position when said cage is restored to initial position, mov- Ying no more than half of a revolution one Way or the other.'

lt is apparent that the entire length indicating scale is displayed to the view of the operatoras the `goods are being measured, whereby the operator can follow the movement of the pointer regardless of the rate ofspeed at which the goods are drawn between the rollers. It will be understood, however, that this resultneed not necessarily be obtained by a fixed scale and movable ointer, as a reverse arranffement ma Y readily be ellected. In fact, variousV other embodiments of the invention are contemplated and therefore'l do not desire to limit myself to the mechanism described-herein except Where limitations are imposed by the appended claims. A

l claim as my invention: Y

l. Fabric measuring mechanism com- Y prising length indicating means visible to the operator in its entirety, separate price indicating means, a measuring roll, driving gearing connecting the measuringroll to each of said indicating means, both ol'said indicating means beingdevoid ot' stops so that they are movable continuously through successive cycles of operation, and means for engaging a part of the driving gearing` for simultaneously restoring the same to zero position.

2. In a fabric Ameasuring mechanism, the combination of length indicating means visible to the operator throughout its entire rangeo movement, price indicating mea-ns continuously Ymovable throughmore than one cycle, driving gearing 'fordriving the length. indicating; means and theprice indicating means in unison, said length indilcles of' movement, and means catingnieans and price indicating means being devoid olf stops whereby the s me are movable continuously through succe sive cyfor engaging a part of the drivinggearing for returning thelength ind'icating. .means and the price indicating means simultaneously to Zero.

3. Length indicating mechanism coniprising a controlling member, a plurality ot' indicating surfaces, circular members arranged to roll on said controlling member and impart movement to said surfaces, means for causing such rolling of said circular members with reference to said controlling member, additional `indicating means completely visible tothe operator, and means for operating said last-named means. Y

il. Length indicating mechanism comprising a normally stationary controlling member, a plurality oiz indicating surfaces equal in number to the fractional divisions of` the unit of length, each Jsurface indicat-ing successively numbers with the same fractional endings', said fractional endings being different in the different surfaces. means for simultaneously rolling said surfaces on said controlling member, a. relatively movable hand and dial for indicating quantities which are a function oi' said numbers, and means for causing such movement.

5. Fabric measuring mechanism comV prising a base, a casing associated therewith havinga Vpair oi opcnings therein. a pair of rolls `Within said casing, a planetary gear system driven from one of said rolls, a plurality of cylindrical price indicating charts associated with said planetaryl gears and arranged to roll past one ci' said openings, and a dial and hand also driven trom.

one of said measuring rolls and visible through the other o't said openings.

6. ln a device of the class described, a pair ot rolls, a. cage rotatably connected with one of said trolls, price indicating surfaces rotatable with said cage and movable independently thereof, and a dial and hand, one of which rotates with said cage.'

f7. ln a device oi' the class described, a base, a casing associated there-With having an elongated opening` and a circular opening therein, a measuring` roll in said casing, price indicating means having a large supercial surface movable past said elongated opening, said surface having price computations printed thereon and also a yardage indicator associated with each group of price indications, a relatively movable hand and dia-l visible through said circular opening to indicate one yard or less, means connecting said measuring roll with said price ,indicating and length indicating means whereby the latter may be driven continuously `in the same direction. and manually operable means tor restoring lili) Y said means to initial position by :L movement equal to or less lthan half asingleV cycle of Aoperation thereof.. Y f: l i 8.111 a yardage measuring machine, :L 5 measuring ioll having L eiroumferenoe of :L

fraction of a unit measui'ecl, :Lv system of olanetai Drice inclieatincf rollersI Uearno* 1V v n 3 c b betweenV said planetary iollers and said` measuring roll whereby the former make one Qyevolution unit measured, a sta? 10 tionary dial, a hand movable Vcfnevr'eovel'7 and means for rotating said' li'anl'o'ne V revoln vsion "per, unit measured.

my name., 'y y t Y 1 DOUGLASV TURNER. 

